I work with human bones quite a bit. I work with the dead that owns the bones, as uposed to just using the bone as a spell component. I also make necklaces out of the human bones, so I can sort of take the person along with me for a specific magical task, some graveyard work or help with my tarot readings. Not all bones contain a lot of presence, also you have to get a bone that is owned by a dead that actually wants to work with you, not all of them do. Then there are various processes to strengthen the dead. Fortunatly these aren't generally known, or dead folks who donate their bones to science would be pestered to no end, and be errand boys for magicians lol.
You can buy human bones legally. However from what I hear ebay no longer sells human remains. If you are going to go pestering the dead by the use of bones, I recommend buying from a site where you can see the bones, or get them in person, then you know which ones you would be the most in tune with (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/smile.gif). I have to say that using them to house a different spirit, or as a spell component is kind of rude as that bone is attached to the person who's bone it is, and vice versa. I also would like to learn about human bone divination. I have been given some hinters, but they aren't quite what feels right for me yet. I am thinking specifically about having the deads themselves help with the divination, and having a number of bones. However, just because they are dead doesn't mean they are any better at seeing the future usually.... Perhaps based around the chicken bone divination a bit. Where might I find more information about chicken bone divination?
Athena